JAXA: Japan’s state-of-the-art ground station antenna: Communicates with Hayabusa2
JAXA:
JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency built it in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture to communicate with the space probe.
“Ground station for deep space exploration of Misasa”:
Full-scale operation began this month, and the opening ceremony was held on April 10.
It was newly constructed by JAXA with a total construction cost of more than 10 billion yen.
Description of JAXA:
The parabolic antenna of the ground station is 54 meters in diameter.
Using a parabolic antenna,
From the earth called “deep space”
A place more than 2 million kilometers away and
You can communicate with “deep space”.
Communication with “Hayabusa2”:
On April 10th, in the morning, we communicated with the asteroid explorer “Hayabusa 2”.
Saku Nagano | NHK News
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210410/k10012967611000.html
Japan’s largest: Ground station antenna development
Misasa Deep Space Exploration Ground Station:
The 54m antenna communicates with a deep space probe far from Earth.
Antenna scale:
Next to Usuda’s 64m antenna,
Japan’s largest antenna, one of the largest in the world.
The height when facing the zenith is 70m.
Comparable to the height of a 20-story skyscraper.
Furthermore, it is a large-scale structure with a total weight of over 2,000 tons.
Mitsubishi Electric | Misasa Deep Space Exploration Ground Station (GREAT)
http://www.mitsubishielectric.co.jp/society/space/control/great.html